Tottenham faced Manchester City on Tuesday in what was a tough game at the end of what has been a difficult season for Spurs.

Indeed, after playing incredibly intense football all season long and being decimated by injuries, Spurs looked to be out on their feet at times against City.

Speaking on the Gold and Guest Talk Tottenham Podcast, Alasdair Gold has been discussing the fatigue within the Spurs squad, and he noted from the press box how tired one Tottenham player looked during the game.

Indeed, Gold said that Micky van de Ven looked absolutely spent against City, claiming that at one point he was telling players to not pass to him because he was so tired.

Micky Van de Ven was so tired

Gold shared what he noticed about the £35m Dutch defender.

“He was knackered. After half an hour I watched him and he was hunched over gulping for air. He even told someone not to pass to him, he was so tired,” Gold said.

Van de Ven isn’t a left-back solution

Tottenham had to utilise Van de Ven as a left-back against City to compensate for a number of injuries withins the squad, but, unfortunately, it looks as though the Dutchman isn’t cut out for playing that role.

Simply put, it would appear as though Van de Ven doesn’t have the stamina to play at full-back. It’s a role that is way more demanding than playing as a centre-half, and that level of running isn’t something that every player is capable of.

Van de Ven is incredibly fast, but his stamina isn’t quite at the same level as someone like Destiny Udogie who can get up and down the pitch for 90 minutes without even breaking a sweat.

Van de Ven isn’t the best left-back option, and Spurs need to sign another backup in that position this summer.